I really should have counted to 10 before I did it, because what I am going to write now will not likely reach the eyes of the person who sparked this (likely to be a) novel.
There was someone from high-school who I had connected with on Facebook. I wouldn't say a friend. An acquaintance. They are very proud of their heritage, and are very sure in what they write about to the world. I cut them off this morning after reading about their views on what transpired yesterday in Ottawa.
For someone I've known of for over 40 years, they do not wish to understand how THIS country works. Spouting BLOCK CAPITAL garbage, they say that "...NO ONE EVER VOTED FOR THE PERSON WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER...THIS COUNTRY IS BROKEN..." and then felt the need to add, "...WHILE THE LIBERAL PARTY IS IN POWER...". They were referring to Mark Carney who became Prime Minister Designate yesterday, when the Liberal Party elected him as their leader.
So, it would have been an acceptable process if the party that you support??
You mean like when Conservative Kim Campbell became Prime Minister in 1993, when Brian Mulroney resigned.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
It's a shame that she didn't read what I had to say several weeks ago:
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-9dmxi-17aa4cd
or yesterday
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-e2wue-1832dc0
I'm giving this stuff away for free people!
(not by plan, that's just how it's working out)
If you don't like it here, I hear that the numbers at Pearson were down over the weekend, for some odd reason. You're welcome to go.
We need strength up here right now. We need solidarity.
We DON'T need in-fighting.
If you don't like it. Vote in the next election. There will likely be one before the end of summer.
And just so we're clear, you are voting for your local constituent, who will be a member of a political party. The Political Party with the most votes gets to form the government. The internally voted leader of that party becomes the Prime Minister.
If the party receives less than 50% of the vote, they form what is called a minority government.
This means that they will need to rely on support from one or more of the other parties who have elected representatives in the House of Commons (MPs) in order to get bills passed.
There is also always the possibility that a vote of non-confidence will be brought up, meaning that they do not have the support of the other parties, and will effectively have to shut down Parliament and call an election.
If the party receives more than 50% of the vote, that is called a majority - and they will head the government until they are mandated to call an election...five years after the last election.
Here it is in chart form:
https://learn.parl.ca/understanding-comprendre/en/how-parliament-works/majority-and-minority-governments/
The last majority government in Canada was in 2015, when the Liberal Party of Canada gained 54.4% of the vote.
If you don't like what you see...
vote.
If you don't like the result, that means that more people wanted what you didn't.
That's called democracy.
Wait until the next election.
Still don't like it?
Any airline at your local airport will be glad to sell you a ticket.
Stop messing with my country.